Manu Tuilagi admits he has been “frustrated” by England’s lack of tries in the
defeats by Australia and South Africa.

But the Leicester centre insists Stuart Lancaster’s side are determined to bring a new cutting edge to their attacking play against New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday.

England have managed just one try in their last two Tests, with Tuilagi scoring in the first half of their 20-16 defeat by the Wallabies.

The 21 year-old’s midfield partnership with Brad Barritt has also been criticised for a lack of creativity as England’s back-to-back defeats have seen the side slip out of the top four of the world rankings.

Tuilagi, who is set to make his first appearance against the All Blacks, says however that England are ready to take their attacking game to a new level on Saturday.

“It is frustrating that we are not scoring tries and winning but we are all working hard and we have a great opportunity to show that we can win games and score tries this Saturday against the best team in the world,” said Tuilagi, who has scored eight tries in his previous 16 caps.

“I am just doing what my strengths are and getting over the gain line is one of them and is very important.

“Brad is a quality player and to play outside him, you don’t have to worry about your inside shoulder and that’s what you want from your inside centre. He is a great defender and fronts up physically and has good distribution as well.

“I also work on distribution every day but it hasn’t really come out in games. But there is a lot more to come from me.

“We said after the Australia game that we can’t do that again and it happened again (against South Africa). Losing by a point is not good enough and we have a great opportunity to put things right against the best team in the world.”

Tuilagi has been sharing a room this week at England’s training base at Pennyhill Park Hotel in Bagshot, Surrey, with Gloucester fly-half Freddie Burns, who is set to make his debut from the bench on Saturday after being called into the squad following the injury to Toby Flood.

Tuilagi says Burns, who was last week named the Aviva Premiership player of the month, could make a big impact.

“Freddie is playing well for Gloucester and to get a call-up for England is great,” Tuilagi added.

“He really wants to play and he is playing really well so hopefully that will help us on Saturday.

“He has been showing that form in training. He has been with us for the last three weeks so it is nothing new for him or us. He is a very exciting player so hopefully we will get to see him.”

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